Term 1
Assessment:

• World War 1 (QUIZ)
• All quiet on the Western Front (ESSAY)

Online resources:

• Play the World War 1 terminology games.
• Internet map scavenger hunt: http://www.quia.com
• Chapter 1 Interim test: Causes of WW1
• http://www.fidnet.com/~weid/ww1.html WW1 Research site
• Causes of WW1, according to Blackadder: www.johndclare.net/Blackadderversion

Worksheets and Handouts:

• World War I, An overview (Causes, Alliances + Map): ww1_causes and alliances worksheet.doc

Geography of Europe

• Download label map of Europe in 1914.gif
• Download label map of Europe in 1918.gif
• Download blank map of Europe in 1914, colour in alliances.gif

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Term 1 overview, 8 weeks:

1. Europe in 1900
2. The road to war
3. The nature of WW I: 1914 - 1918
4. The Western Front: (All Quiet on W. front)
5. The nature of WW 1 ( All Quiet on W. fron t ) + the end of the war
6. The end of the war
7. Peace treaties
8. Peace treaties and Germany
9. Great Depression, Rise of Nazis

Essential Modern World History

The Causes of the First World War

Source analysis

Page 1 to 13
Answer in complete sentences in your workbook.
Source A:

1. What does “Honni soit, qui mal y pense” mean? Give a detailed explanation.
2. Why was do you think the Germans used it in this cartoon?
3. What does “Dieu et mon droit” mean?

Source B:
Who are bowing down to the Kaiser? Name at least three countries / peoples.
Source C:

1. Explain the meaning of the double headed eagle.
2. Why is Serbia depicted as a rooster? What connotations does the rooster have?

Source G
Why does Tripitz identify England as an enemy?
Source H and “Focus on”

1. Draw up a diagram comparing the HMS Dominion and the HMS Dreadnought. Convert inches to cm, feet to meters and knots to km/ph.
2. In a few sentences, describe the significance of the first Dreadnought to the arms race, taking into account the ship on the right in Source H and consider the HMS Dominion.

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Assessment: All quiet on the western front

Read the assignment sheet carefully, it contains all the info you need.
This is Outcome 2, it is worth 20% of your overal mark.

• Read the assignment sheet very carefully.
• Have you read the assessment criteria?
• Make sure your essay is very well structured.
• It is an opinion essay, therefore you do not need to provide a bibliography.

Prep for essay:

1.
Read page 43 - 47 and 101, 104, 105 in your book.
Draw up a table: Ideas about war before signing up /versus/ realities of war.
Use information from the book and the movie to fill your table up.

2.
Write down the essay statement.
Now let's pull the statement apart:

Analyse = "Show the essence of something by breaking it down and examining each part critically. Clarify any relationship between each part."
the ways in which the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" challenges = to challenge is to question something.
romantic notions of war = idealised, unrealistic ideas about war
soldiers’ experience = what experiences did Paul have as a soldier? What else do you know soldier's experiences? (Book)
honour = Where in the movie was honour expressed / used? What else do you know about honour in war (Book, reasons to sign up)
patriotism = What examples of pattriotiosm did you see in the movie? What other examples of patriotism from that time can you give?

3.
Draw up an essay plan.
Intro: about 150 words
It should have a general introduction, stating what this essay is about and what you are going to be saying.
Paragraph 1, 2, 3 (minimum)
Each paragraph should talk about an element of the romantic notions of war. These paragraphs should be between 150 and 200 words each.
Conslusion: about 100 words: Restating IN DIFFERENT WORDS what you have said, you can be critical of the romantic notions, and highlight how AQWF challenges these notions.

We do not want a movie review. We want an essay about experiences of war, using AQWF as an example. You can use ideas from the book and use the knowledge you have gained so far.

Do not go over the world limit too much. Between 700 and 850 words is acceptable.

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The nature of world war 1

Some good websites on world war 1:
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/

Powerpoint on weapons of World War 1 + life in the trenches:
ww1_lifeinthetrenches.ppt


19/02/10 (Friday)
Today's lesson:

• Read page 43 - 46.
• Do the activity (in green), on page 47.
• Access this website: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/
  and click "The Human Experience of War", read some of the letters.
• Pick a battle / battle field (http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/all.htm) and briefly research it so you can make accurate historical and geographical references in your letter.
• On Monday, you will swap your letter with another person, that other person will be the "army censor" and he/she will take out all strategical references and references to negative reporting on army life.
• Your letter is due on Monday. Hand them in to me and I will copy the original before handing it to an army censor in class.
• About 500 words.

World War 1 in colour: Hell in the trenches: